Louisiana Parents Outraged over State ‘Health’ Survey Asking Sexually Explicit Questions
Louisiana parents were outraged after middle-school children were asked sexually explicit questions on a survey at the school health center.
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Conservatives Erupt over Betsy DeVos Announcement: ‘Common Core Is Dead’
U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos may have lost another opportunity to show education policy watchers from her own party that she understands what they have been fighting against with the Common Core standards for the past decade.
Bipartisan Bill Introduced to Repeal Ban on Student Data Collection
A bipartisan group of members of Congress have introduced a bill that would overturn a federal ban on collecting data on the education and employment outcomes of college students.
Trump to Sign Executive Order Calling for Local Control of Education
President Donald Trump will sign an executive order Wednesday afternoon that directs U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to study where the federal government has overstepped its boundaries and infringed upon state and local governments in education matters.
Report: School-Issued Computers ‘Spy’ on Children Without Parental Consent
A new report finds that, under the guise of “personalized learning,” school-issued computer devices — now distributed to one-third of K-12 students in schools across the United States — are serving to collect and store an unprecedented amount of personal data on children without their parents’ notice or consent.
Senate to Vote on Nomination of Pro-Common Core John King for Dept of Education Secretary
The Senate will vote Monday, March 14, on the nomination of John B. King, Jr. to be the next U.S. Department of Education secretary.
Jeb Bush Calls Education a ‘Civil Rights Issue,’ Quiet on Support of Common Core
Republican presidential contender Jeb Bush announced his “budget neutral” education plan on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, as he also lamented income inequality, asserted that education is a “civil rights issue,” and advocated for more opportunities for pre-K education for
Donald Trump: ‘I Would Close the Loopholes’ in Federal Privacy Law To Prevent Student Data Mining
GOP frontrunner Donald Trump says that, if elected, he would close the loopholes in the federal privacy law to ensure that students’ personal information remained private.
Marco Rubio: U.S. Has ‘Outdated Higher Education System’
GOP Candidate Sen. Marco Rubio continued his theme during the GOP debate Tuesday that the United States is in global competition yet is unprepared to engage in it, in part because the nation’s higher education system is outdated.
John Kasich on ‘Exploiting’ Student Privacy in Ohio: ‘I Have No Clue’
In a video made available to Breitbart News, GOP presidential contender John Kasich responds to an activist parent’s challenge about his failure to protect private student data in his state. The Ohio governor replied that he had no clue what she was talking about.
Politico: Senate No Child Left Behind Amendments ‘Hashed Out Behind Closed Doors By Democrats’ Over Civil Rights Issue
It’s worth noting that in the half-century since the ESEA was passed as part of Johnson’s “War on Poverty,” billions of dollars have been spent – by both Democrat and Republican administrations – on education and so-called “helpful” programs for “disadvantaged” children, and yet Democrats are still fighting for more federal control and federal programs and subsidies in order to “close the achievement gap.”
Alveda King Urges State Lawmakers to Repeal ‘One Size Fits All’ Common Core
Dr. Alveda King, the niece of Rev. Martin Luther King, is urging the Alabama legislature to repeal the controversial Common Core standards, referring to the education initiative as “one size fits all.”
Students Accused of Using Twitter to Cheat on Common Core Tests
Two Maryland tenth-grade students have been accused of using Twitter to cheat on Common Core-aligned tests.
Jeb Bush Foundation Donor, Pearson Publishing, Admits to Spying on Kids
The British-based publishing company, Pearson—who happens to be one of the biggest publishers of books on education on the planet, and has “crafted” Common Core education testing, not to mention being one of the largest donors to former Governor Jeb Bush’s education foundation—has admitted to spying on students.
Conservative Group Urges Congress to Oppose ‘Social and Emotional’ Student Data Collection Bill
The conservative Washington, D.C.-based American Principles in Action (APIA) is urging Congress to oppose the Strengthening Education Through Research Act (SETRA), which the group states would extend federal psychological profiling of children through increased research on “social and emotional learning.”
